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Newcastle councillors have approved plans for a 14-storey city centre office building despite heritage concerns raised by Historic England, after officers advised that the proposal's public benefits outweighed the potential harm to nearby listed buildings.

A council order requiring complete reconstruction of three illegally demolished Victorian cottages in the heart of London's docklands has been overturned by the High Court after a judge agreed with an inspector that the loss of the buildings would be outweighed by the potential use of the "prime" site for new homes.

A change to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in relation to the weight decision-makers should give development in or near protected habitats where there is an inadequate housing land supply should make it easier for such schemes to gain consent, say observers.

The overturning of Liverpool City Council's consent for a 51-home redevelopment of a Grade II listed building shows that some planning officers are struggling with conservation considerations, say observers.